Agriculture

From an annual turnover of Rs 2 lakh in the first year to now making a monthly turnover of Rs 30 lakh, the duo’s successful journey has inspired many.

Food technologists Snehal Ambekar and Sayak Gupta have designed an automated cultivator for growing microgreens.

Punjab-based Bachittar Singh Garcha turned to soybean cultivation and processing after incurring huge losses in potato farming. He now runs an automatic plant to process soybean into milk and tofu.

Saddened by increasing farmer suicides, agriculture entomologist Sangita Sawalakhe innovated bio alternatives to chemical pesticides and fertilisers to help farmers switch to organic farming.

Pritpal Singh turned to hydroponics to avoid soil-borne diseases. He runs a thriving business with thousands of leafy vegetables growing on his 2.5-acre land.

Gaurav Pachauri took up freshwater pearl farming after failing to crack government exams for four years. He set up a pearl farm in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, earning Rs 55 lakh within 21 months.

Biju Narayanan of Kannur, Kerala, grows exotic fruits like rambutan, mangosteen, and pepper. Employing high-density farming and multi-level cropping, he now earns up to Rs 15 lakh per acre.

Yash Dayal Sharma from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is on a mission to improve the soil health in Indian farms by creating vermicompost through his venture ‘Fertile Beeghas’.

There are four critical farming operations -- weeding, drilling seeds, spraying fertiliser and laying manure -- all taken care of by 18-year-old Ramdhan Lodha's solar powered machine.

Nagendra Naidu Dharmavarapu used his ancestral land to cultivate yellow dates, which is now earning him profits in lakhs. Here's all about this superfood.